Man stabbed in McKinleyville home

The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office is investigating the stabbing of a McKinleyville man on Sunday.

Around 10:30 p.m., two sheriff's deputies were leaving a residence on the 2100 block of McKinleyville Avenue after an unrelated call when a white PT Cruiser drove up behind their patrol car, according to a press release.

A male passenger got out, approached the deputies and told them he had just been stabbed and needed help. He showed deputies a fresh stab wound in his back. Deputies began first aid while summoning medical help to the scene, according to a press release.

The 50-year-old victim told authorities he had been stabbed about 45 minutes earlier, when he went to a residence on the 1100 block of Forson Road in McKinleyville to pick up a bike. He told deputies a female allowed him into the darkened house, and when he walked into a pitch-black garage he was struck in the back and knocked over. According to the release, the man said he did not see who struck him.

The victim ran out of the garage into the backyard, and said he did not realize that he had been stabbed until two men who were outside the home told him he was bleeding from his back, the release said.

Deputies responded to the residence and spoke with several people who denied knowing what happened or seeing anything, according to a press release. The case is under investigation. The victim was treated and released from a local hospital.

The sheriff's office asks anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity to call the sheriff's office at 445-7251, or the sheriff's office crime tip line at 268-2539.